Religiosity and Spirituality Development: An Accelerated Longitudinal Design.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The central aim of the present study was to model developmental trends in communal and independent religious practices, spirituality, positive and negative religious/spiritual coping, as well as their confluence, across ages 45-80.

Research design and methods

Participants derived from the Notre Dame Study of Health & Well-being (NDHWB), a longitudinal study spanning 10 years in an age-heterogeneous sample. Using 2-level multilevel models, we estimated no change, linear change, quadratic change, and cubic change functions across ages 45-80 in each construct. Cohort differences were also tested.

Results

Communal and independent practices, spirituality, negative religious/spiritual coping, as well as composite religiosity/spirituality, followed

SUBMITTER: Nelson NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11398906 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature